Boulton and Watt go into partnership
1775 · Event
With Parliament extending Watt's patent to 1800, the Soho manufacturer joins the Scottish instrument-maker — 'I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have: power' — and builds the engines that drive the factory age.
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